Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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George James (“Buddy”) Catlett (1933-2014)
Samuel Ringgold Ward
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American League of Colored Laborers (1850-?)
US Supreme Court
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(1950) Henderson v. United States Et. Al.
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The Arthur Braggs Idlewild Revue (1954-1964)

Explore Global African History

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University of Liberia (1863- )
Ile Gorée, Senegal, 2015
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Gorée Island, Senegal (ca. 1000- )
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Soweto, South Africa (1904- )
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Dennis Brutus (1924-2009)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
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The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
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African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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